What's Dave-o been up to? Gettin' down with the CraftFoxes!
Hey Mojonauts and Mojoketeers,
Over the last couple weeks I've been working on a few little things with CraftFoxes--a very cool new crafting/DIY community. First off, we've added my FedEx Diamond Kite to their database of free projects (you'll need to login to get access). To go along with this newly released sample, I've also posted some additional tips on kite launching and flying as a handy-dandy, DRM-free downloadable PDF.
CraftFoxes also posted a really long interview with me, and were really nice about my rambling, evasive answers. Check it out:
What is your craft medium of choice, and why do you like it so much?
This shifts around. When I was little, I loved LEGO, Capsela and cardboard boxes. In high school, I loved weaving and ceramics, then briefly delved into figure drawing. In college I was really into ironic, swear-leaden cross-stitch, which I'd actually learned from my mom in elementary school (not the swearing, just cross-stitch itself). After that I went through a sock-animal phase and a more general sewing phase. An abortive attempt at crochet came next, followed, almost a decade later, by a successful crochet phase. I also learned to knit once, despite having no interest, because my wife wanted to learn and couldn't decode the damn instructions in any of the books (which, I agree, are bizarrely algorithmic and technical; it's like trying to figure out integral calculus using a textbook written in Middle English. Any time I hear some blowhard characterizing women as being "naturally" poor at math and physics, I think of how damn complicated those knitting books are, and how few male engineers I know can figure them out).
180 words, and not a one of them *actually answering the question*! The whole thing is like that! It's more than 1700 words, and I skipped some questions! There are even pictures of me as a kid with a tame raccoon!
Finally, CraftFoxes is giving away a copy of my book; click on over and enter to win before Monday, Feb 27.
